Southside Family Project

Thanks so much to Saltford Golf Club Ladies Captain, Ann, for choosing to support Southside this year and the team organising the wonderful Charity Coffee Morning! Join us at Saltford Golf Club from 10am on 6th March for some amazing stalls including a great choice of home made cakes, preloved clothes and other items, raffle and tombola.

Thanks so much to The Rotary Club of Bath for supporting Southside's Community Hub Groups with the amazing 2024 Fireworks Display at the Rec! https://lnkd.in/gFXCHCWs

Thanks to Bath MP, Wera Hobhouse, for raising the need for long-term certainty of funding for community domestic abuse services, and awareness of the work of Southside and VOICES Charity, in Parliament during the Women and Equalities oral questions today: https://lnkd.in/dSfSppDw

We’re delighted to be part of the Co-op Local Community Fund this year to support Southside's Young Advocates project. Over 500 Co-op Members have already chosen Southside as their cause, thank you! For any other Co-op Members, you can select Southside as your cause at https://lnkd.in/eKWQJ8DU and if you're not yet a Member, more information about the community support and other benefits of joining at www.coop.co.uk/membership #GiveLocally

We're delighted to share Southside’s new Annual Review. The theme this year is 'Looking back to look forward', highlighting how we have learned through experience and benefited from the expertise built by people with personal experience of the challenges we tackle - Southside has always had lived experience at our heart, with 'experts by experience' involved throughout our work. The report highlights the work of our amazing team of staff and volunteers, providing in-depth, trauma informed and therapeutic support, direct practical help and crisis support for families dealing with multiple, complex challenges and individuals affected by domestic abuse. The stories, photos and quotations also help to bring Southside’s year in 2023-24 to life. As well as reading about the impact that our support makes to so many lives, we hope the Annual Review will give you a better insight into Southside’s overall work. Please do share any feedback or questions – thank you for taking the time to read our Annual Review. www.south-side.org.uk

Wishing everyone a safe, warm and happy Christmas break. Many thanks for all the support of Southside and our communities this year. Our amazing staff and volunteer team will be taking a much-needed break at the end of this difficult year. Information about support during the time that our offices are closed on our website: https://lnkd.in/e24wMDeF

Congratulations to our Writhlington Community Hub Group! Helena R. and 'Wednesday Club' families pitched for funding at the Big Local Radstock and Westfield Dragons' Den event, and were voted for by the local community to be awarded a grant for Hot Meals throughout winter at our weekly after-school group. Thanks to all the families who helped with the pitch and planning, some of the children pictured here with Helena and friendly Dragon, Toni Anne Green from BANES 3rd Sector Group (3SG). It was great to meet all the other groups pitching at the event and make connections to work together more. We were so inspired to learn more about so many amazing projects and activities in Radstock and Westfield. #GiveLocally #BigLocal

Thanks so much to Co-op members for supporting Southside's Community Hub Groups over the past year by choosing us as your local cause! As part of Co-op Local Community Fund, over £2,000 has been donated and this supports our Community Hub Groups providing nutritious food, warm spaces, peer support, creative activities and play for local families - even more important during this cold weather. Thanks to the local Co-Op stores and members for supporting so many causes to make a difference in our local communities. Co-Op members can now choose your local cause for this year: https://lnkd.in/gJaT_XT including Southside's Young Advocates Project: https://lnkd.in/eKWQJ8DU #GiveLocally

Parents from our Writhlington Community Hub Group will be pitching at Radstock & Westfield Big Local's eleventh Dragons’ Den run on Friday 15th November. If you live in the Radstock and Westfield community (map of the area covered at https://lnkd.in/eEURwdMy), you have a vote! Please do support the group at the event and learn about other amazing projects in the local community: Friday 15th November, 5:30pm to 7:30pm Westfield Sports and Community Centre, Westhill Road, BA3 3TE This week, children in the group were making a poster of what they love about the Wednesday Group so we wanted to share this lovely message and drawing from Maia:

Congratulations to Ruby and all the young people who won awards at Youth Connect South West's fifth Young People's Awards! Ruby is pictured here with proud Mum, Helena. Both are part of the Southside family and team - Ruby as a Young Advocate and Volunteer and Helena as a Community Hub Group Worker, Family Support Practitioner and Parent Advocate. We were honoured to attend the Young People's Awards and celebrate so many amazing young people, Youth Workers, support team and the incredible impact of Young Connect South West in its first five years as a charity. You can watch the lovely video showcasing some of the key moments at: https://lnkd.in/eQjUKScd